Before Nicolaus turned into a prince or whatever — and I’m not being dismissive, he honestly changes from minute to minute so I’m seriously saying a prince OR WHATEVER he is this minute — he started working on a series of activities for members of the Naturalist Scouts of the Universe. He draws the picture [...]
Look! I found a use for that stove top area!
The beginning of this week, my mood was bad. Super bad. I was tense, irritable, tired. Screw stun, I had everything set to Kill. Too many work hours in too short a time plus computer issues plus being hassled from several directions = EVERYONE DIES.
Tuesday afternoon, [...]
I was frantic. We were driving, I was a little lost, traffic was slowing me down — but really, the only thing I was panicking over was the boys’ drooping eyes. These kids always want to crash for a nap at 5:00, sleep until 7:00 and then stay up until way after I want to [...]
So last year we asked Nicolaus what he’d like to do for his birthday. His request was simple: He wanted to drive to the top of a real mountain and see a wild cougar. We’re living in Georgia now where mountains are fairly doable, but last year? We weren’t anywhere NEAR a mountain. So we [...]
If you have to be trapped somewhere, in your cozy bedroom under a down comforter with breathing sleeping kids on either side is probably one of the nicer options. I’ve been awake for an hour at least. There are so many things I could work on if I got out of bed and toook advantage [...]